Restaurant review: Simo’s Moroccan Restaurant
The days when you get a call from your Boyfriend saying “don’t plan anything for dinner tonight. I want to take you out” don’t come too often so, no matter what you’ve been thinking about cooking,...
View ArticleCouscous to accompany a Moroccan-style meal: Spiced Squash and Couscous Salad
The Boyfriend and I are about to head off to Morocco in a week’s time so I thought I should use up my last year’s supply of Moroccan spice blend ras el hanout on a meal for the Writer – who brought me...
View ArticleThree perfect books to carry around Morocco
Lonely Planet’s World Food Morocco Does exactly what it says on the tin. Having travelled and eaten our way around Thailand and Malaysia with the respective versions of these small, incredibly useful...
View ArticleMoroccan Market in Dublin
For anyone looking to experience some of the tastes, sounds and aromas of Morocco without having to travel too far, a Moroccan Market will take place next week, from Wednesday 14 to Sunday 18 June in...
View ArticleMagic mushrooms: Mushrooms in Olive Oil
When the weather is good no one wants to spend time in the kitchen and, when the Boyfriend arrived home from the supermarket the other day with a large box of button mushrooms, I didn’t much feel like...
View ArticleDukkah by post
For the last round of European Blogging by Post, I decided to make some Dukkah to include in my parcel for Petula in Italy. An Egyptian blend of coarsely ground nuts, spices and salt that you eat with...
View ArticleRacing time: Roasted Squash and Puy Lentil Salad
It’s not exactly salad time yet but, when a gloriously sunny Sunday coincided with the local point-to-point races and the family coming round for a pre-race lunch, I couldn’t resist poking out an old...
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